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Gerald Peiris: A Lifetime of Wide-Ranging Research & Service
These are but some of his publications over a career spanning the 1950s to 2020s — with eyesight deterioration blighting his last platform of life. No more table tennis, but much to remember. So, here. let me doff my cap … Continue reading →
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Shattered Lives in Sri Lanka’s Wars: Several Lesser-Known Strands
Dennis McGilvray in ASIAN ETHNOLOGY Vol 73, 1&2, pp 348-49, reviewing Sharika Thiranagama, In My Mother’s House: Civil War in Sri Lanka. Philadelphia PA: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2011 The title of this book points to the author’s personal connection … Continue reading →
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Rajiv Gandhi’s Reasoning behind the IPKF Operation
Madhur Sharma, in Outlook.com, 28 November 2022, where the title runs thus “Why Rajiv Gandhi Sent IPKF To Sri Lanka And How LTTE Played Both Sides” .… with highlighting imposed by The Editor, Thuppahi Former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi signed … Continue reading →
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Why the US is no longer the indispensable nation …
Theodore K …. with the underlining in red imposed by The Editor, Thuppahi On 25 May 2024, President Biden gave a speech to new graduates at West Point to prepare them for war. It was a delusional speech in which Biden attempted … Continue reading →
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Canada’s Muddled Pro-Tamil & Pro-Tamil Tiger Policies Remain
Padma Rao Sundarji, in Asian Age, 29 September 2023 where the title reads “Two-faced Canada is on a re-run of its LTTE policy” https://www.asianage.com/opinion/columnists/280923/padma-rao-sundarji-two-faced-canada-is-on-a-re-run-of-its-ltte-policy.html Is India guilty of assassinating a terrorist in Canada? At least to one of India’s neighbours, … Continue reading →
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Cartesian Commonalities: New Amsterdam & Galle Fort, II
Bunchy Rahuman, whose preferred title is “Galle Fort, New York City and the Cartesian Legacy” ** … with the highlights being impositions by the Editor, who also had the privilege of being a resident within the Fort for twenty or so … Continue reading →
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Sinhala Monarchical Imagery in Mahinda Rajapaksa’s Past Political Pitch
Michael Roberts .… reproducing an article presented earlier in the COLOMBO TELEGRAPH in the year 2012…. an article bearing a different title: viz. “Populism And Sinhala-Kingship in the Rajapaksa Regime’s Political Pitch” … an article that also appeared under a … Continue reading →
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Israel’s NAZI Terror in Palestine … with US & European Backing
Bishop Duleep de Chickera in Colombo, in an article in GROUNDVIEWS, 31 July 2025, entitled “From Toe Hold to Freehold: Zionist Occupation Strategies” GV NOTE INTRODUCING THE AUTHOR : In 2001 Duleep De Chickera was ordained the 14th Anglican Bishop of Colombo. Educated at Royal … Continue reading →
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Is Sri Lanka permanently Kota Uda?
Jehan Perera in The Island, 29 July 2025, where the title runs thus: “Engagement is essential for national progress” There is a high level of political polarisation in the country today. Specific manifestations of this polarisation can be seen in the … Continue reading →
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Dr. Anslem De Silva …… Herpetologist Renowned
A Facebook Note from Avishka Mario Seneviratne, April 2025 Buddhika Dassanayake and I were lucky to meet Sri Lanka’s foremost herpetologist (expert on amphibians and reptiles), the legendary Dr. Anslem de Silva, at his charming abode in Gampola. A skilled … Continue reading →
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